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He then grabbed fire extinguishers on the forecourt and got to work putting on the flames.

Nick Burke, 32, from Littleport, stopped at the AppleGreen Ely service station to refuel around 5pm.

"I went through two of the CO2 fire extinguishers to put it out," he said. "It still didn't go out so in the end I had to tip it over onto its side into a massive puddle behind the store.

"I've never done anything like that before... I couldn't believe it."

Nick pulled the crate aside and put out the fire at AppleGreen service station on the A10.

Nick, who was travelling with a friend at the time, said there was just one other customer in the station who also witnessed the fire briefly.

A spokeswoman for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue said: "We were not called to the incident so do not have any details, but our general advice is for people to ring the fire service on 999 and not put themselves in danger by tackling fires themselves."

AppleGreen Ely service station manager has been contacted for a statement.

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